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Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 7, 2018

Documentary to capture views of young Okinawans on U.S. Futenma base issue

As Okinawa continues to be roiled by tensions over a plan to move a key U.S. air base within the prefecture, filmmakers from Iwate Prefecture are using their next documentary to give younger Okinawans a greater voice.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 7, 2018

Bad news around mutual funds does little to boost Japanese people's appetite for investment

On July 27, the Asahi Shimbun reported that the Bank of Japan had overestimated the value of mutual funds being held by individuals by about 30 percent. Every three months the BOJ publishes statistics called shikin junkan tōkei that cover the financial assets of households and businesses, and as of...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2018

Amazon at $1 trillion is more dream than reality

Its market value is a vision of the future, not the present.
Japan Times
Sep 4, 2018

Suntory Group to donate $200,000 to environmental charities through global employee health & wellness program

Annual walking event includes 38,000 employees worldwide
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 3, 2018

Killing the peace process with kindness

Washington must come back to the peace process as an honest and respected mediator. This is the best and probably only way to secure Israel's right to exist.
Japan Times
Aug 31, 2018

Yamaha Motor Invests in Bioventure Firm Evec, Inc.

Promoting Strategic Partnering in the Biomedical Field
Aug 31, 2018

Mission: Impossible — Fallout (dubbed) / T-Joy Kyoto / 2018-09-01 to 2018-09-07

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2018

The climate fight's next turning point

Scientists agree that global carbon dioxide emissions must reach a turning point in 2020 if we are to achieve carbon neutrality. Progress must be accelerated.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2018

An education in modernist art teaching

The Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto surveys German, Japanese and Indian Bauhaus developments as part of a wider collation of international exhibitions and research in preparation for next year's Bauhaus centenary anniversary in Berlin.
Japan Times
Aug 27, 2018

MIHO SHIPYARD Launches 70M-type Training Vessel

MIHO SHIPYARD CO., LTD. (3797 Miho, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan; President: Kengo Suzuki) launched KAPITAN GREGORIO OCA, a 70M-type training vessel built for the International Mariners Management Association of Japan on August 9, 2018.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2018

The U.S. economy and the midterms

Even if the economy doesn't affect the election, the election will affect the economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 20, 2018

Is the specter of ethnic cleansing coming to India?

Some 4 million people, mainly Muslims, are at risk of disenfranchisement in India.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2018

Japan puts off using My Number system to scrutinize financial assets of elderly people

The government is set to push back the deadline — scheduled for late March — for working out the specifics of a plan to obtain information on elderly people's financial assets, such as savings and securities, through the My Number identification system due to lack of public support for the idea,...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 11, 2018

Shocked to silence: Yasuhiro Fujio reflects on S. Pellegrino Young Chef title

The lights flashed, the music swelled and glittering confetti streamed down onto a stage filled with culinary luminaries. It was the moment of truth, the denouement of an intense, year-long and worldwide competition. And there in the spotlight, receiving the winner's trophy as S. Pellegrino Young Chef...
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA / HOOP SCOOP
Aug 11, 2018

Kei Hirata earns second shot with Thunder Girls

Passion is something that younger and older generations can both detect immediately.
Japan Times
Aug 8, 2018

Yamaha Motor earnings continue to rise in second quarter

Strong growth in net sales of major product categories
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 7, 2018

An outbreak of ethics in Silicon Valley?

The employees of the high-tech firms that are creating AI-based surveillance technologies are no longer on the sidelines.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2018

Is Donald Trump an effective president?

When political leaders put tangible results before ethical considerations, their successes rarely stand the test of time.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2018

China's summer of discontent

Far from a rejuvenated hegemon poised to reshape the global economy, Xi's China has been exposed as a giant with feet of clay.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2018

Tourists trading in their Japan guidebooks for Instagram

Tourism is booming in Japan, but a growing number of visitors are ditching their guidebooks for an app best known for celebrity snapshots and images of food: Instagram.
Aug 3, 2018

Gekijoban Code Blue: Dokuta Heri Kinkyu Kyumei / Cine Citta / 2018-08-04 to 2018-08-10

Aug. 4 9:30, 11:55, 12:20, 15:10, 18:20, 21:05, 00:10 / Aug. 5 to Aug. 8 9:30, 11:55, 12:20, 15:10, 18:20, 21:05 / Aug. 9 9:30, 12:20, 14:30, 15:45, 18:15, 21:05 / Aug. 10 9:30, 11:55, 12:15, 15:00, 18:25, 20:50
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Aug 2, 2018

Former Pistons assistant coach Rex Walters launches new basketball-themed podcast

Rex Walters, whose head coaching stops include Florida Atlantic University, the University of San Francisco and the NBA G League's Grand Rapids Drive, has launched a new basketball podcast.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jul 29, 2018

Japan embraces esports after lagging global peers but seeks a star to put it on the map

Esports is quickly establishing itself as a way for video game lovers around the world to make a name for themselves — and a living — from their favorite pastime.
EDITORIALS
Jul 28, 2018

Watch for Putin to lash out

The Russian president's strongman persona can only take him so far as his domestic foundation weakens.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 28, 2018

Trump hails growth as one-offs and consumers boost U.S. economy

The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in nearly four years in the second quarter as consumers boosted spending and farmers rushed shipments of soybeans to China to beat retaliatory trade tariffs before they took effect in early July.
Japan Times
PRESS / Publications
Jul 27, 2018

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株式会社ジャパンタイムズ（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役社長：堤丈晴）は、『The Japan Times NEWS DIGEST 2018.7 Vol.73』を出版しました。
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 27, 2018

Scientists track star to confirm Albert Einstein's supermassive black hole theory

A team of international scientists observing a star in the Milky Way have for the first time confirmed Einstein's predictions of what happens to the motion of a star passing close to a supermassive black hole.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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